In an unusual move, House Speaker Mike Johnson removed Rep. Mike Turner, the Republican head of the House Intelligence committee and replaced him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., someone with greater fealty to Donald Trump. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
After securing a second term with the gavel, House Speaker Mike Johnson managed to go two weeks without creating an avoidable and unnecessary mess for himself. Unfortunately for the Louisiana Republican, it’s time to reset the clock. On Wednesday, for reasons he struggled to explain, Johnson ended Republican Rep. Mike Turner’s tenure as chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
” Not surprisingly, congressional Democrats were disgusted, especially in light of the fact that the Intelligence panel has traditionally been one of Capitol Hill’s most serious and apolitical bodies. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a written statement describing the speaker’s moves as “shameful,” while Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was “totally flabbergasted” by the developments.
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